Definition of Forgivably

1. Adverb. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree. "He was excusably late"


Definition of Forgivably

1. Adverb. In a forgivable way. ¹

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Definition of Forgivably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgivably

forgetters
forgettest
forgetteth
forgettil
forgetting
forgettingly
forgettings
forgettle
forging
forging ahead
forgings
forgit
forgitty
forgiv'n
forgivable
forgivably (current term)
forgive
forgive and forget
forgiveable
forgived
forgiven
forgiven and forgotten
forgiveness
forgivenesses
forgiver
forgivers
forgives
forgives and forgets
forgivest
forgiveth

Literary usage of Forgivably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... and to name the earliest and the latest verses among utterances forgivably imperfect. But striking away from Keats's fame all which refuses to cohere, ..."

2. Modern Men and Mummers by Hesketh Pearson (1922)
"And he wasn't half as conceited as he might forgivably have been. He was gifted with a handsome presence and a superb voice. ..."

3. The American Stage of To-day by Walter Prichard Eaton (1908)
"... so Mr. Moody might forgivably have been more careless about probability than he was — if he was careless at all, which I do not for a moment admit. ..."

4. The Laurentians: The Hills of the Habitant by Thomas Morris Longstreth (1922)
"The Amazon was in the seventh heaven, whence she descended only at forgivably rare intervals to recall a cousin. Only once did we have the piano. ..."

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